How Is It Possible that More People Haven’t Died in the Last 30 Days?

The MAGA folks are thrilled that people living here with brown skin are terrified about what’s happening under Trump.  But how sustainable is this?  How long will it take until fatal gunshot wounds between the hunters and the hunted become too common to keep track of?

Moreover, is this what we want from our government?

I’m a straight, white 70-year-old Quaker school graduate (largely pacifist) who doesn’t own a gun.  But what if this were a different situation, say, one in which I had reason to fear that my family and I could be kidnapped at gunpoint by armed and masked criminals?

Who, regardless of their political/religious philosophies, wouldn’t buy weapons (big ones) and use them to protect themselves and their families?

I keep thinking of what I would do if someone knocked on my front door and told me to come with him, especially before my wife and I became empty-nesters and I still had our kids to protect.  If he couldn’t produce a warrant, I’d  say, “One more step and I’m going to blow a hole in your chest the size of a cantaloupe.”

My reasoning: I could go to prison, but I doubt it. I’d love to meet the jury that’s going to convict me for defending my own life and that of my loved ones.

We have a choice to make here before this gets really ugly.

It’s just a matter of time.